JARAMILLO v. MERCURY INS. CO.

Nos. S-90-275, S-90-962 and S-90-963.

494 N.W.2d 335 (1993)

242 Neb. 223

Bienvenida JARAMILLO, Personal Representative of the Estate of Carmen Lupe Jaramillo, Deceased, Appellee, v. MERCURY INSURANCE COMPANY, a Corporation, Appellant. Ruby JARAMILLO and Bienvenida Jaramillo, as Legal Guardian and Next Friend of Ruby Jaramillo, Appellees, v. Bienvenida JARAMILLO, Personal Representative of the Estate of Carryl A. Ortiz, Deceased, Appellee, and Mercury Insurance Company, a Corporation, Appellant. Cindy JARAMILLO and Bienvenida Jaramillo, as Legal Guardian and Next Friend of Cindy Jaramillo, Appellees, v. Bienvenida JARAMILLO, Personal Representative of the Estate of Carryl A. Ortiz, Deceased, Appellee, and Mercury Insurance Company, a Corporation, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Walentine and James G. Bitzes, of Walentine, O'Toole, McQuillan & Gordon, Omaha, for appellant.

John B. Ashford, of Bradford, Coenen & Ashford, Omaha, for appellees.

HASTINGS, C.J., and BOSLAUGH, WHITE, CAPORALE, SHANAHAN, GRANT and FAHRNBRUCH, JJ.


CAPORALE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Each of these three cases, which were consolidated for briefing and argument in this court, arises out of an automobile accident that occurred on July 15, 1986, in Dodge County, Nebraska, when the automobile owned by the decedent Carmen Lupe Jaramillo and occupied by her and her two minor children, appellees Ruby and Cindy Jaramillo, and which was driven by Carryl A. Ortiz, collided with a truck. As a result, both the driver...

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